Thomas Hart Benton
1889 - 1975
Navajo Sand
signed Benton (lower right)
tempera, oil and casein on canvas laid down on Masonite by the artist
18 1/2 by 23 3/4 inches
(47 by 60.3 cm)
Painted in 1926.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson and Michael Owen.
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Vincent Campanella, Kansas City, Missouri (acquired from the above)
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